Adalbert de Vog, OSB was born in 1924 and became a monk of Pierre-qui-Vire in 1944. He taught patristics and early monasticism at Sant'Anselmo in Rome. From 1974-2011 he lived as a hermit near his monastery. His six-volume work on the Rule of St. Benedict is considered the definitive work on the Rule. He is regarded as the authority on the Rule of Benedict and the Rules of western monasticism.